SynC · Topic
Emergency Lighting
These are the standards in SynC Standards that cover Emergency Lighting. Each one is a complete, plain-language specification: the scope it applies to, the requirements that govern it, and a structured equipment datasheet listing the values a project has to decide, with the standards each is verified against. All of it is written and maintained by SynC, free to read without an account, and published under CC BY 4.0.
A standard usually carries several topics, so most of the entries below also appear under neighbouring subjects. The topics each one carries are listed on its own page.
Standards
- Interior Lighting Fixtures (Luminaires)
Permanently installed interior luminaires for commercial, institutional, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use buildings: recessed troffers and panels, downlights, recessed and surface linear luminaires, pendants, wall-mounted and cove luminaires, high-bay and low-bay luminaires, vapor-tight and washdown luminaires, and the luminaires in refrigerated and unconditioned interior spaces. Covers the LED light source, chromaticity and its tolerance, color rendition, efficacy, lumen maintenance and rated life, photometric measurement, glare control and optics, the LED driver and its input voltage, power quality and surge immunity, the dimming input and its response to the control signal, the lowest dimming level, the dimming curve, color tuning, flicker, the integral emergency battery driver as a component of the luminaire, housings, insulation-contact and air-tight recessed housings, location listings, mounting, support, the seismic attachment of recessed and pendant luminaires in suspended ceilings, the luminaire schedule as the record of each type, field testing, warranty, and spares.
- Lighting Controls
The interior lighting control system of a commercial, institutional, or industrial building: the occupancy and vacancy sensors, daylight sensors, time schedules, manual control stations, relay panels, lighting contactors, lighting-control panelboards, room controllers, networked and luminaire-level control systems, and the management software that together decide when each luminaire is on, off, or at an intermediate level. Covers the control architecture and its network, the control signal and protocol delivered to the luminaire driver and the minimum light level the system commands, occupancy and vacancy sensing, daylight-responsive control, time scheduling and override, manual control, branch-circuit switching equipment, automatic receptacle control, demand-responsive control, the interfaces to the building automation system, motorized shades, and other building systems, the UL 924 override device that returns a controlled egress luminaire to full output, the low-voltage control wiring, the documented sequences of operation, startup, programming, functional testing, training, warranty, and spares.